French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech today in front of people involved in fighting wildfires last summer. The event was at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Macron met firefighters, rescuers, and volunteers who battled brutal summer blazes. Wildfires destruction will be replanted Macron also promised to replant 1 billion trees. It is …
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The presence of King Charles at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt would be “very powerful,” thinks US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry. Kerry added that the new British monarch’s credibility and leadership on environmental issues would make a difference. Many people are well informed about royal trivia, but not so …
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Egypt prepares to host the COP27 summit. But the UN report has not so good news to present. It seems governments’ promises to go net zero and stop climate warming, turned out to be empty promises. Following “woefully inadequate” progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the world is on track for an average 2.8 degree …
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Over 330 businesses urged world leaders today to require large corporations to assess and publicly release their environmental impact. They want all businesses to make public nature disclosures by 2030. This request was announced ahead of the COP15 global biodiversity talks in December. Among the COP15 Business, Statement signatories are GSK, H&M Group, and Nestle. …
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Emperor penguins face extinction and that is a result of rising global temperatures and sea ice loss. The emperor penguin species live in Antarctica. Today’s completed Endangered Species Act of the United States government published today the possibility of their extinction. In the document are all animals facing gradual disappearing. According to the US Fish …
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The European Union plans three new climate laws to combat climate change. EU officials hope they will reach agreements on these climate laws during the annual United Nations climate talks next month. Among other, with these legal proposals, the EU hopes to increase its political influence at the talks. At previous U.N. COP26 talks, nearly …
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Today, European Union countries will try to agree on their common negotiating position for the forthcoming United Nations climate talks. It includes the controversial issue of financial compensation for the harm caused by climate change to the world’s poorest countries. The EU, the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is under pressure from developing countries. …
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On Sunday, Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, announced that the government has joined the Global Methane Pledge. The Pledge is part of multilateral efforts to cut global methane emissions. Methane is a potent but transient climate pollutant that is responsible for roughly half of the net increase in global average temperature since the pre-industrial time. …
The full range of carbon emissions will be included in new global corporate sustainability disclosures. Although there are certain “relief provisions” on the table concerning measuring greenhouse gas release from a company’s suppliers. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) stated that they have made “significant progress” in refining its draft standards. Now they are available …
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Environment Minister Christophe Bechu said the French government supports raising taxes on private jets next year. Aligning the taxation of aviation fuels with that of car fuels is the government’s plan. The statement comes after some of the lawmakers from President Emmanuel Macron’s bloc filed an amendment to the 2023 tax bill. Twitter accounts are …
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